How do you cope with impaired mobility?

compound complex

Greetings, my aging friends!

Before asking you this question, I tried to do some research on the thought that 'hard work never killed anyone,' but, man, can it cripple you! What I wanted to figure out is something better than you're getting older and tireder.

Many of us have done hard physical labor most of our lives and see no prospect of retirement. After 4 or 5 hours of work on the job, I literally hobble back to my vehicle in pain. So then, what I found online is this term "limited mobility." Is it, then, all about aging and losing our stamina? Does hard work cause inflamation in our joints?

I know what I have to do personally to cope both with physical limitations and the resultant anxiety.

Please share what you know and how you deal with 'growing old in this system of things'!

Thanks.

CoCo

jam

I retired at 55 I'm 67 now..A few months ago I was having problems

with my blood pressure, tired all the time, bones aching when I hit

65. I posted here about my blood pressure and etc. Walking each morning

took away the pain in my legs and lowered my blood pressure. Thanks

to the advise of the people here....From 15 years of age until I retired I

worked hard, at times two jobs.. Now if you were working in a mine digging

for coal for years, I understand.....

fiddler

This thread certainly hit a nerve...or something! I am 56 soon to be 57 and over the last year I have lost about 15 lbs, started riding a bike, got a dog and so am walking said dog but now I'm experiencing sometimes excruciating knee pain! It is really irritating to me because I am not obese and I am active but this crops up all the same. I love getting out in nature riding my bike, walking my dog and hiking and so having my knees go out at this point just sucks!

i currently am wearing a knee brace and I either ice or apply heat (ice seems to be best) but it isn't going away. This us a fairly recent thing so I'm still trying to figure things out.

compound complex

Thanks, jam, for sharing what has helped you. Congratulations, too, on your retirement!

Best wishes to you and yours.

CC

compound complex

Hope you get some relief, fiddler!

Getting out in nature is key to our physical and mental health. I drank it all in 2 days ago in one of our most beautiful 'hoods, but I moved like a snail (I had gotten off work and was beat).

Here's wishing you stay happy while you look for answers! Sounds like you made some good moves re: your health.

CC

rip van winkle

I can relate as I suffer from premature immobilization.

Don't know what else to say.

compound complex

(((((rip)))))

I appreciate your reply.

Peace and blessings.

CC

Zoos

Regular exercise is the best way to ease many "growing old" problems unless you have a specific injury or illness. Hard work wears us down so we don't feel like expending the energy to go for a walk (or run) or even to the gym to do some light resistance training.

But if you can find the energy to get started go to a gym and have a personal trainer put you on a program that fits YOUR abilities. The important thing is to keep our aging bodies moving - but doing it in a way that will not irritate old hips and elbows. Proper form is vital, thus the need for a trainer for most of us.

The old adage, "You have to expend energy to get energy." It certainly has proven true for me. I have taken to bicycle commuting to and from work. Getting there revs me up for the day. Coming home makes me cuss a little and I am totally wasted by the end of the day but I sure do sleep well. Following morning I am charged and ready to go.

Consider an exercise program.

cultBgone

CoCo, I've found that removing glutens from my diet really helped with joint pain. I'm sure the type of joint pain differs from person to person, though, as one extremely healthy friend told me he's begun to experience clicking sounds in his knees. Mine was more inflammatory, which seemed to be linked to gluten.

Energy is also linked to what we eat, so maybe more fresh veggies and less processed food would help.

Sorry to hear you're experiencing this. (((CoCo)))

bsmart

I have started getting the injections in my knees (the one described in the TV comercials as from a roosters comb.) It has to be repeated every 6 months but to me is worth it. Fortunatly is covered by Medicare. It helps a lot! I am trying to avoid surgery and this has helped for about 2 years.

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